Gold Coast vs Maoming - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Gold Coast	Maoming
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2528	$789
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5661	$2078
🏠 One person rent	$1635	$422
🏘️ Family rent	$2683	$751
🍽️ Food expenses	$646	$210
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$75.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3481	$1006
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	39 km
🎓 Higher education	49	27
😀 Quality of life	92	52
🏙️ Population	608K	6.17M

The cost of living in Gold Coast is 221% more expensive than in Maoming. Cities ranked 839th and 6807th ($2528 vs $789) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 30th in Australia and China, respectively. Check Australia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Gold Coast compared to 1.3 months in Maoming. Gold Coast ranked 6th best city to live in Australia vs Maoming ranked 100th in China, while ranked 124th and 6563rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gold Coast vs Maoming

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	Gold Coast	Maoming
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.7	$2.18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$108	$14.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.8	$3.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.08	$1.64
☕ Cappuccino	$3.86	$2.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.05	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1886	$485
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1330	$355
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2881	$867
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2303	$652
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$136	$28.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$207	$43.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.9	$12.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.76%	3.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7538	$4804
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4593	$2750
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.84	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$57.5	$24.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$2.66
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.29	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$1.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.89	$1.81
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$0.38
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.06	$1.04
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.71	$15
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.77	$5.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$5.74
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$0.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$0.72
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.59	$0.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.44	$0.88
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$0.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$0.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.65	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.15	$1.51
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.4	$14.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.29	$0.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$26.1	$3.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.19	$6.79
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.13	$5.85
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.53	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.15	$2.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.4	$32.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.2	$7.29
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56.9	$32.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.7	$9.91
👖 Brand Jeans	$70.4	$41.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$70.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2105	$488
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8134	$19015

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Cities near Gold Coast

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Southport	$2352
71 km or 44 mi	Brisbane	$2269
73 km or 45 mi	Byron Bay	$2703
77 km or 48 mi	Ipswich	$1813
114 km or 71 mi	Caboolture	$1988
138 km or 86 mi	Caloundra	$1864
152 km or 94 mi	Toowoomba	$1766
155 km or 97 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1835
256 km or 159 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2172
308 km or 192 mi	Hervey Bay	$1864
323 km or 201 mi	Armidale	$1288
367 km or 228 mi	Bundaberg	$1727
383 km or 238 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796
511 km or 318 mi	Gladstone	$1640
567 km or 353 mi	Newcastle	$1997
591 km or 367 mi	Rockhampton	$1635
660 km or 410 mi	Dubbo	$1867
669 km or 416 mi	Dee Why	$2379
675 km or 419 mi	Kellyville	$2050
683 km or 424 mi	Blacktown	$1710
683 km or 425 mi	Sydney	$2844
684 km or 425 mi	Parramatta	$2482
703 km or 437 mi	Bathurst	$1699
715 km or 445 mi	Orange	$1477
752 km or 468 mi	Wollongong	$1695
827 km or 514 mi	Goulburn	$1821
904 km or 562 mi	Canberra	$2223
974 km or 605 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
988 km or 614 mi	Griffith	$1824
1182 km or 734 mi	Townsville	$1839
1196 km or 743 mi	Shepparton	$1815
1271 km or 789 mi	Mildura	$1904
1294 km or 804 mi	Bendigo	$1487
1299 km or 807 mi	Traralgon	$1979
1337 km or 830 mi	Sunbury	$1928
1338 km or 831 mi	Pakenham	$1896
1342 km or 834 mi	Berwick	$1860
1344 km or 835 mi	Melbourne	$2496
1344 km or 835 mi	South Yarra	$1829
1344 km or 835 mi	Dandenong	$1894

Cities near Maoming

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Gaozhou	$790
74 km or 46 mi	Zhanjiang	$805
110 km or 68 mi	Yangjiang	$896
133 km or 83 mi	Yulin	$738
181 km or 113 mi	Yunfu	$832
189 km or 118 mi	Beihai	$664
193 km or 120 mi	Haikou	$694
199 km or 124 mi	Kaiping	$844
207 km or 128 mi	Wuzhou	$816
209 km or 130 mi	Guigang	$699
221 km or 137 mi	Zhaoqing	$807
240 km or 149 mi	Qinzhou	$605
245 km or 153 mi	Jiangmen	$848
269 km or 167 mi	Zhongshan	$534
271 km or 168 mi	Fangchenggang	$592
272 km or 169 mi	Foshan	$611
277 km or 172 mi	Macau	$1718
282 km or 175 mi	Zhuhai	$674
288 km or 179 mi	Laibin	$608
291 km or 181 mi	Guangzhou	$782
297 km or 185 mi	Nanning	$564
313 km or 194 mi	Hezhou	$769
314 km or 195 mi	Qingyuan	$795
329 km or 205 mi	Dongguan	$666
333 km or 207 mi	Liuzhou	$587
337 km or 210 mi	Shenzhen	$939
341 km or 212 mi	Hong Kong	$2674
344 km or 214 mi	Kowloon	$2415
376 km or 233 mi	Chongzuo	$580
378 km or 235 mi	Lianzhou	$760
383 km or 238 mi	Cam Pha	$577
394 km or 245 mi	Huizhou	$621
405 km or 252 mi	Ha Long	$585
406 km or 252 mi	Guilin	$533
407 km or 253 mi	Sanya	$774
443 km or 275 mi	Shaoguan	$807
444 km or 276 mi	Hechi	$584
451 km or 280 mi	Haiphong	$571
451 km or 281 mi	Heyuan	$765
471 km or 293 mi	Shanwei	$943